Violin shoulder-rest.



No. 654,678. Patented luiy 3|, I900.

' F. SCHMIDT.

VIOLIN SHOULDER REST.

(Apfiliation filed Apr. 18, 1900,)

(No Model.)

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VIOLIN SHOULDER-=REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,678, dated July 31, 1900.

Application filed April 16 1900.

the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention has for its object to provide simple,economical, and satisfactory shoulderrest attachments for violins; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts hereinafter particularly set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings represents a sectional View of one of my improved shoulderrest attachments in connection with a violin, the View being indicated byline 1 1 in the succeeding figure; Fig. 2, an end view of what is shown in the preceding figure, and Fig. 3 a perspective View of the plate portion of the attachment.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A indi cates a portion of a violin provided with a chin-rest attachment of common knowledge, this chin-rest consisting of an upper plate B, provided with a pair of depending screwthreaded stems Z), a lower plate 0, provided with a pair of upwardly-extending stems c, and turnbuckles D, connecting the stems of the upper plate with those of the lower plate.

Held between the lower plate of the chinrest and the back of the violin I show a horizontal rearwardly-extending lip (Z, struck out of a semicircular upper end of an otherwise straight plate E, that depends at an acute angle to said violin. While I have shown one Way of securing the curved upper end of the plate E to the violin, the same result may be otherwise variously accomplished, said plate being preferably of spring metal. A cushion F the forward side thereof provided with a pocket 6, into which the depending straight portion of plate E is slipped, and the upper part of the cushion fits snug under the curved portion of said plate. Ordinarily there is sufiicient grip of plate E on cushion F to hold this cushion in position for use as Serial No. 13,030. (No model.)

part of the shoulder-rest; but to insure against automatic disconnection of said cushion from said plate a preferably elastic loop G is made fast to the aforesaid cushion and caught under the upper plate of the chin-rest or on the tailpiece-nut of the violin. The cushion being detachable from plate E, it does not interfere with placing of the violin in its case. The length of the plate E and its angle to the violin is such that cushion F bears in the hollow of a shoulder of the violin-player and the instrument is prevented from slipping incidental to changes of position on the part of the fingering-hand of the player. Especial attention is called to the organization of my device to have the cushion portion thereof bear in the hollow of a shoulder of the violinplayer, as otherwise said device would prove unsatisfactory, and further attention is called to the fact that the cushion is such as to readily adapt itself to pressure thereon, whereby it does not in any way annoy said player.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A shoulder-rest attachable to a violin and consisting of a plate having a portion thereof in a straight line at an acute angle to the back of the instrument when in connection therewith, and its upper end bent rearward, together with a cushion having a forward side pocket in which the acute-angle portion of the plate has slip fit, said cushion coming snug under the rear upper bend of said plate when in place.

2. A violin shoulder-rest consisting of a plate having a curved upper end provided with a horizontal rearwardly-extending lip struck out therefrom, and a cushion having a side pocket for the plate, the upper portion of the cushion being within the plate-bend.

3. A shoulder-rest attachable to a violin and consisting of a plate having a straight portion that depends from the instrument at an acute angle to its back, a cushion having a plate= pocket, and a suspendingdoop connected to the cushion.

4:. A violin shoulder-rest consisting of. a plate attachable to the instrument to extend from the back of same, and a cushion having the forward side thereof provided with a pocket for slip-fit engagement with the depending portion of the plate, said cushion being' detachable from said plate so as not to consin in the presence of two witnesses.

have hereunto set my hand at Milwaukee, in l 1 F. SCHMIDT.

5 interfere with placing said instrument in its YVitnesses:

case. N. E. OLIPHANT,

B. C. ROLOFF'.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I 

